Of course, nobody is ever totally independent, though some of the organisations are trying their hardest to be so, since that is their main purpose.

Note also that facts are hard enough to establish when we are looking at what currently happens or what has happened while the UK has been in the EU. What will happen in the future depend on forecasts which could have a huge margin for error. The best we can do is make sure the forecasts are based on reasonable assumptions, correctly calculated and include a sensitivity analysis i.e. show what happens if key assumptions are not exactly as predicted.

The MBF website, with our “EU: In or Out” pages, will aim to produce, reproduce or link to interesting information displayed in informative ways. There will be more produced ready for our meeting on May 3rd and continuing updates after that.